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Wednesday, February 01, 2006

WARNING-ATTENTION ALL FRUM JEWS!

As I see it you have 24 hours to make a decision which may determine the fate of your life's work.

Door number 1: fire the chronic child molester Kolko and you get to die with your business somewhat intact.

Door number 2: assume you can threaten and buy your way out of this looming disaster and you leave this world in absolute and utter disgrace.

I'm here to inform you that if Kolko is not out of Torah Temima today, you will be facing your Waterloo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki all rolled into one nice neat package. No more dinners, no more $50,000.00 club members and no more board members to take advantage of.

Don't be stupid, you have too much to lose. We have allowed you to build up a big business in our community.We should have ousted you years ago; you are HUMAN TINAF!

All we ask is that you not subject our children to a molester. Do the right thing. Get rid of this child molester today.

You never had to deal with a force as powerful as this; WE WILL CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS UNTIL OUR GOAL IS MET, NO BUYING YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS SCANDAL!

The letter below is being mailed TONIGHT to thousands of Orthodox Jewish households in Boro Park, Kensington and Flatbush. I am asking my readers to please copy the letter from this post and e-mail it to as many people as possible. Together, we can put a stop to this depravity.

WARNING-ATTENTION ALL OF JUDAISM

There is a chronic child molester in our midst. He is not in hiding nor is he being kept away from our children. Shockingly, he is a rebbe in Yeshiva Torah Temima located at 507 & 555 Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, New York.

Rabbi Lipa Margulies knows of this rebbe’s history of sexually molesting children. Rabbi Lipa Margulies refuses to remove this predator from his yeshiva. Specifically, Rabbi Lipa Margulies has been informed, repeatedly and from sources independent of each other, that Rabbi Yidi Kolko has sexually molested countless children during his long career around children.

We have a problem. This is not to say that our wonderful community has more child molesters than other communities. We may even have substantially fewer. The problem is in our propensity to ignore the covering up of these horrendous incidents. Child molesters must be exposed and removed from our midst. Our children must not be subjected to molesters while in school. Rabbi Lipa Margulies must stop his unconscionable employment of this molester and his covering up of this threat. Rabbi Yidi Kolko must resign his position immediately. We can not rest until our children are safe from this scourge.

This mailing should not have been necessary. Both Rabbi Yidi Kolko and Rabbi Lipa Margulies were given advance copies of this letter and advised if Rabbi Yidi Kolko left Yeshiva Torah Temima immediately, this mailing would be stopped. Rabbi Yidi Kolko responded: “the matter has been taken care of” coupled with an offer to meet with his victims in person, one at a time. Rabbi Lipa Margulies responded: “I don’t think he is still a threat and I am responsible for the children” followed by “Anyone who doesn’t like it, doesn’t have to send their children to my yeshiva.” In short, neither of these mechanchim deny the facts, they simply refuse to do the right thing.

We are writing to ask you to speak out and help bring an end to this nightmare. Please call Rabbi Yidi Kolko at 1-718-252-6642 and ask him to resign his position immediately. Please call Rabbi Lipa Margulies at 1-718-438-1900 and ask him to dismiss Rabbi Yidi Kolko immediately. Child molesters must be kept away from our children. Our children deserve no less.

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane, which filed for bankruptcy after being barraged with sex-abuse lawsuits, has offered a $45.7 million settlement to 75 people who say they were molested by priests.

Bishop William Skylstad publicly apologized Wednesday to the victims "for the terrible wrongs inflicted on you in the past." He urged Catholics to accept the proposed settlement, which will require money from individual parishes.

"To those of you who say this settlement will be a burden, I would say that this scandal is a burden we can no longer afford not to resolve," said Skylstad, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Plaintiffs' lawyer James Stang said a committee representing alleged victims voted Tuesday night to recommend that the offer be accepted.

Under the proposed settlement, the diocese agreed not to describe the plaintiffs as "alleged victims" anymore and to give them the opportunity to address parishes and write about their experiences in the diocesan newspaper. Skylstad also would go to each parish where abuse occurred to identify the offending clergymen, Stang said.

Skylstad also agreed to support the abolition of statutes of limitations on sex crimes, write letters to abused individuals and their families and add two members of a victims group to a board that reviews clergy sex abuse complaints, Stang said.

Some of those who would benefit financially from the offer said the diocese's other concessions were more important.

"Civil litigation was the only way to hold them accountable," abuse victim Mike Corrigan said at a news conference Wednesday. "Most of us would rather they went to jail than get money out of them."

Stang said the offer must be approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and by the victims individually within 120 days.

The settlement would cover all those who have already sued the diocese. There is no provision for anyone who might bring a claim in the future.

The diocese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2004, citing claims by abuse victims totaling about $77 million against assets of about $11 million.

Two other U.S. dioceses - Tucson, Ariz., and Portland, Ore. - have filed for bankruptcy because of sex abuse claims. A $22.2 million settlement was reached last summer in Tucson, while a federal judge in Portland ruled last month that trials involving as many as 100 plaintiffs could move forward.

454 comments:

You have no shame. Rabbi kolko is a very fine man with thousands of people to vouch for him. You are an anonymous blogger who doesn't have enough balls to reveal your identity. When you realized that your threat of lawsuit has no basis you switch to mailings with no point other than ba-shmutzing a man. SHAME ON YOU!

uoj ,kolko has a lot more people that like and respect him than what you choose to believe--hes not a bad person---do some more homework or start revealing names--nobody will take you seriously without names---

This will not go away. If he doesn't stay away from children, the authorities will be called. Not only Kolko, but Margulies, who is a mandated reporter, will have to face the law.

We don't want money. We don't want revenge. We didn't want to send this letter. We asked Kolko to leave Torah Temima and assured him that we would stop the mailing. We asked Margulies to let Kolko go. These two amoral men refused.

We want our children to be safe when they are in school. Is this too much to ask?

Ask Kolko. I know several of his victims. When I spoke with him he told me that he was sick and asked me to meet with him. He told that he had dealt with several of his victims through a Bais Din and that he would meet with any other victims face to face.

I ask you, should this man be teaching our children? Sick or healthy, he should not be around our children. Do you disagree?

" know alot of people who know koko and those who dislike him too--ive never heard any of these allegations"

Nonsense, he has been accused many many times. Ask yourself, who else in our community has had so many accusations of sexual abuse made against them? Kolko has been running from these charges for decades.

I agree that there are other Mechanchim out there who need to be removed. They are strengthened by the fact that Kolko has gotten away with his malicious behavior for so many years. Once Kolko is removed, the second will be easier and the third more so. Once Margulies and his type see that there is a price to pay for risking the well being of our children, they will pay heed and not risk their operations for the sake of a few molesters.

"So let me understand something. one day ouj wakes up and says to himself i have nothing to do today i'm going to make up a big lie about a nice family man like koko?"

Doesn’t make much sense, does it? Perhaps the simple answer is that this is all true.

I don’t know UOJ, all I know is that Kolko molested many children. It is my belief that a man such as he, has no place in our yeshivas. And with all due respect to Margulies, anyone who shelters a repeat offender should not be running a yeshiva.

I am truly sorry for all the pain this will cause. Both to any innocent members of Kolko’s family; I’m sure his wife doesn’t deserve any more pain; and to the many victims who will have their wounds opened when the get the letter.

But, he was offered the option of stepping down willingly. We told him that we didn’t care if he used his health as an excuse as long as he stayed away from our children. He refused. We called several times before finalizing the letter. He steadfastly refused.

Who is more deserving of protection, our children or Kolko and his unfortunate family?

Other ways were tried, they failed. The only route left within our community is this one and if this fails we have no choice but to cooperate with the secular media and the authorities. Margulies will not survive this last course of action. We hope that he is smart enough to realize this and that he will put an end to this immediately by letting Kolko go.

The letter is going out. We are hoping that Kolko and Margulies are stupid enough to sue. In fact, our legal counsel advised this course of action. The truth is an absolute defense. If they sue, Kolko, Margulies and Torah Temima are history. All of the evidence that is currently time barred comes into court.

Unfortunately, they will not sue. This leaves us with the court of public opinion and the child protection agencies.

Understand, this will not end until Kolko is kept away from our children. We will keep on escalating until the offenders (both the molesters and their protectors)understand that they can not put our children at risk.

Simcha Klor is a Porn addict who runs a Yeshiva. (Ruach Chaim).How can UOJ get on the case?Someone brought him up in another thread.

UOJ my kids are in Ruach Chaim and i'm hearing that he is a sick man. He just fired the principle named Rabbi Sabo for no reason. He is stealing from the yeshiva while the teachers havent gotton paid in a year.....

You are full of bull - I have personaly spoken to Rabbi Kolko and Rabbi Margulis and they both deny it totally so how can you say they both agree it is true? That just tells me that everything else you post is a bunch of baloney.

We spoke with both of them. We had several open discussions. They were not happy and Margulies was kind of crude, but neither challenged the contents of the letter (which had been delivered to them prior to the conversations.) They both wanted this dealt with quietly and on their terms.

If you truly Mavakesh Haemes, do a little of your own research about Kolko.

May I suggest that you ask Margulies and Kolko if what I am saying is true? Ask them if they spoke with us on the phone. Remind them that we live in the electronic age and that their lies can be proven rather easily.

Finally, ask them if they intend to sue after several thousand letters are received in a few short days and if not, why?

I do not know if they will dignify your unsigned letter with a response. Both these Rabbis have sterling reputations with thousands of talmidim and will not be effected by an unsigned letter from a troubled indvidual. While some of the greatest and most respected Rabbis will vouch for Rabbi kolko - Who will vouch for you?

"I hear that they are about to identify UOJ many of you will be very surprised to say the least? Wait till his family hears about it."

Does UOJ have anything to fear? Does he have anything to be embarrassed of? UOJ is using this forum to help save our community from implosion. The likes of Kolko and Margulies have a lot to fear. Namely, exposure.

This week a mass email will go out identifing the persons behind this blog. I will be providing an email address that you can send a blank email to to add your name the list. Trust me you will be shocked.פרטים יבואו

"I do not know if they will dignify your unsigned letter with a response. Both these Rabbis have sterling reputations with thousands of talmidim and will not be effected by an unsigned letter from a troubled indvidual. While some of the greatest and most respected Rabbis will vouch for Rabbi kolko - Who will vouch for you?"

The over one hundred victims of Kolko and the many who have told Margulies of Kolko’s proclivities will vouch for our bona fides.

Your blind trust and labeling of Kolko’s victims as “troubled individuals” are precisely the tactics used by Kolko and Margulies to quash the outcry of the many victims.

Think.

Do you know why Kolko had to leave MaNaVu? Are you aware of the Din Torah? Are you aware of the countless charges of sexual molestation that have been levied against Kolko over the past thirty years? Do people say these things about you?

Once the letter is sent, there will be a power in numbers (much greater than UOJ alone) demanding answers. This is why the letter itself is in actually so much more than just an outcry from a "troubled individual."

Allow me to share some pratim with you. I was a student in a yeshiva Kolko worked in. He was not my Rebbi but managed to find excuses to be alone with me. He would grab me and hold me up against his erect penis until I was able to fight him off. I was 11 years old at the time. I left the yeshiva the next year and thankfully lost touch with Kolko.

In the years that followed I heard many similar stories about Kolko. I met other guys who had been molested by this man.

There are many men in prison who have done far less than Kolko.

The people sending out this letter are simply asking that he not work around their children. Is that so unreasonable?

They will all abandon him and bemoan the fact that he "fooled" them all these years. If Margulies sticks with him, he becomes a pariah as well. If tese "rabonim" had any backbone they would have outed Kolko years ago.

"Allow me to share some pratim with you. I was a student in a yeshiva Kolko worked in. He was not my Rebbi but managed to find excuses to be alone with me. He would grab me and hold me up against his erect penis until I was able to fight him off. I was 11 years old at the time. I left the yeshiva the next year and thankfully lost touch with Kolko.

In the years that followed I heard many similar stories about Kolko. I met other guys who had been molested by this man.

There are many men in prison who have done far less than Kolko.

The people sending out this letter are simply asking that he not work around their children. Is that so unreasonable?

If koko doesn't quit, he may very well end up where he belongs. Everyone is watching a case that may open up the statute of limitations on child molesters. If this happens, and koko is still teaching, he's going to jail.

Because UOJ posts with several screen identities such as David Kelso, Gross, boog and anonymous. UOJ can't keep quiet and he's a coward. He's sending his letter unsigned! Mark my words there will be NO letter. I have plenty of friends in F-bush & B.P. We'll see what happens BUT if there is no letter and I am proven correct, UOJ will have all credibility. Watch and wait nothing will ever come of this. LOL LOL LOL LOL Rachmana NITZLAN!!!!!!!!!!

Unlike UOJ we care about his family. The matter is being brought in front of several chosuve Rabbonim if we should be mefarsem his name or use other tactics. A little savlonus.revealsheigetz@gmail.comפרטים יבואו

It is obvious that most of the “doubt” on this blog emanates from one or two anonymous “intellectuals” who care less about the facts, and the clear and present danger posed by Kolko and his cohorts, then the protection of our children.

It is beyond comprehension that you actually believe the letter isn’t going to be mailed or that Kolko is not soiling his pants at this very moment. Could it be that your motives for dissent are fueled by envy at UOJ’s brazenness? Or, perhaps you fear that the very foundation of your own belief and trust is seriously a risk. Time will tell…

Soon. Tonight on CBS news, a group of victims confronted a priest who had molested them 25 years ago. The church suspended him (Margulies, learn from the church, you drek) but he has escaped prosecution because of the statute of limitations. The victims confronted him with the TV cameras and the news reporters present. They had bright yellow flyers warning the neighborhood about this animal. They put the flyers on the cars and homes in the neighborhood.

This guy molested 15 boys. Kolko has molested far far more than 15. Why are we less decent than the Catholic Church, one of the most backward organizations in the world?

So that everyone knows what kind of person UOJ is, I quote a few things in his name:

"....that your uncles WERE KILLED by this great G-Dol, Elchonon Wasserman.", "He was a godol B'Torah but was derelict in his duties as a Rav, and was DIRECTLY responsible for an untold number of Jewish deaths.", "HE DIED WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S BLOOD ON HIS HANDS AND SOUL,FOR WHERE THERE IS NO TESHUVA KLAPEI SHOMAYIM!"

"Our people were slaughtered like cattle, Hashem was nowhere to be found!! BTW, I am NOT disputing G-D's existence, He could not have been in Auschwitz......."

These quotes can be found here http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11275435&postID=112580052708829129&isPopup=trueand herehttp://unorthodoxjew.blogspot.com/2005/08/brutal-torquemadas-of-baal-tshuva.html

The Kadosh Reb Elchonon is a murderer, and God was nowhere to be found.Do you trust UOJ?

I have no idea. I don't even know who he is.My point is that UOJ has issues, and everthing he says/claims should be carefully examined.Read through his old blog and you will see that the person he has the most hatred for is Margolis. Could that hatred have anything to do with this?

here is a list of some active blogs:yeshivaworld.blogspot.comgodolhador.blogspot.comhayom.blogspot.comyiddishkeit.blogspot.comamshinover.blogspot.comlakewood411.blogspot.comyeshivaorthodoxy.blogspot.com

Also on al those blogs there are links to many many many other frum blogs. They can help spread the truth about this.

In the begining I said to myself be careful, maybe what you are saying is true.Why would you care about Rabbi Margoulis etc.

But after reading your old posts, it seems like you are on a mission to bad mouth people, to make frum people look bad.For example, what was that, that you wrote that, Rabbi Lipa Margolis urinated on the floor of an airplane while smoking- way to much lies.Or that you are allways keneged whatever the halacha may be.

One thing I can say. And I feel bad to say it, that if you are being motzai shem rah�that is what you are saying is not true, may the rbsha punish you for being mtzar anothe yid, and may you be sued for slander and liabel, that you won't have another happy day of your life.

The amount of sewage UOJ spews at margolis is far past "some hatred".Imho UOJ cannot possibly see anything in TT in an objective light.I wouldn't be surprised if the whole thing is made up, just to bother margolis. Or maybe to get hits. There is nothing like a juicy bit of gossip to get hits.UOJ is very proud of the amount of hits he gets, and says so openly.

And how, may I ask, do you know that kolko is guilty? Did he molest you?What a few people may have told you means that a few people really detest kolko.He has been around thousands of kids and is known to be nasty to certain kids.

He may be guilty, I have no idea. But UOJ, an extremely biased individual, cannot be trusted.For all I know kolko is as innocent as can be.

I don't need to have the last comment on the matter, so this will be my last.You, like UOJ and many others, claim to be certain that kolko is guilty.Until I see people saying "My name is _____ _______, my phone number is ___ ___ ____, and I have been molested by kolko", I believe he is innocent. I don't know, but that is what I believe.

This is not the first time that someone has been besmirched with such accusations, and won't be the last.If you don't like someone in chinuch, this is the obvious route to go. Claims that he cheated on his taxeswon't have the same effect.

Comment to your heart's content, I believe the points I made are clear, and obvious to anyone who doesn't jump to conclusions.

You don't know Kolko, but believe him innocent until his victims announce their names and telephone numbers. The law says we may remain anonymous.

I know Kolko and am certain of his guilt because of what he did to me.

You suspect that we may be people who don't like Kolko and are therefore spending our time and money going after him.

You have a right to independently investigate the issue and come to your own conclusion. You should do just that before you cast aspersions.

Suggestion: When you hear that his name was cleared, ask for details. When you hear that the allegations were proved false, ask for details. And think about whether you know of any other Rebbi who has been repeatedly accused of child molestation for over thirty years.

Letter Writer and friends,I just came home and see the board full of accusations about our motives.Real simple:I HATE PHONY F***** UP JEWS THAT FORNICATE ALL OVER YIDDISHKEIT.MARGULIES HAS AS MUCH RIGHT TO RUN A YESHIVAS AS AL CAPONE WOULD. HE SHIT ALL OVER ALL OF US BY SAYING F*** YOU, I'M KEEPING A MOLESTER IN MY SCHOOL IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT KISS MY ASS.GOOD ENOUGH REASON TO HATE SOMEONE!???

Gross,I thought we got rid of the Lakewood lawyer, Shlomo.Hey Liewayer, you will be made a fool of, I promise.The letter is only a first step of many...we'll see how much punishment these momzeirim can take. In the end they'll beg us to stop. Wait & see.

I am going to repeat myself. My only motive for this blog is to clean up as much scum as I can from Yiddishkeit. I know that I never lied about anything, and while people may disagree with my opinions, I have researched every topic I voiced an opinion about.Like it or not I'm here to stay and will keep voicing my opinion until the Rebbe comes back as GOD/MOSHIACH!

People like "mnuez" and "black hat" are reasons many victims of molestation do not come forward.

The court of law allows for accusers to remain anonymous but the court of "black hat" needs names and phone numbers!

Clearly you don't comprehend the gravity of the situation. This is retzichah! Where there's smoke, there's fire. One or two accusations, I can understand your hesitancy - but many, many stories spanning decades and we're onto something.

I posted before, and I noticed someone copied a quote from it BUT YET UOJ DELETED MY COMMENT.I wonder why??Is this blog for everyone to voice their opinon?Does UOJ only what bad about people?I do not know rabbis margolis or kulko, but stop with accusitions.If you think they did it, report it and that's it, noone has to ruin someones life for no reason.UOJ on a diffrent post rants just about Rabbi margolis.

Were you present when Kolko molested camper after camper in Camp Agudah?

Were you present when Kolko molested yeshiva boys in Yeshiva Karlin Stolin?

Were you present when Kolko used Camp MaNaVu as his perverse playground?

Were you present when Margulies threatened the families of victims to be quiet or they would be ostracized?

Were you present last week when Kolko asked that this letter not be sent because he was ill and has stopped molesting children.

Were you present last week when Margulies stated clearly that he believes Kolko is no longer a threat?

Presumably not. So why are you accusing us of ruining an innocents life? Kolko is a vile person who has harmed countless children with his sexual perversion.

I understand that these facts are shocking to someone who simply knows Kolko as a Rebbi or as a neighbor and was not molested by him.

You should understand that people like Kolko must be presentable, charming at times, authoritative at times and even repentant at times. If he were openly repulsive, no one would go near him. This is the nature of molesters.

So, please hold back on your diatribe, do a little asking around about Kolko’s history of molesting children and come to your own conclusion.

Anon,Here's the bottom line.EVERY SINGLE WORD ABOUT KOLKO/MARGULIES IS UNDISPUTED FACTS, TO THE PEOPLE IN THE KNOW!NOSSON SHERMAN QUIT HIS JOB AT TT BECAUSE HE KNEW MARGULIES IS A MONSTER.YOU CAN'T HAVE CRIMINALS REPRESENTING THEMSELVES AS RABBIS AND SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.HAVE RESPECT FOR JUDAISM; INSIST THAT ONLY THE MOST ETHICAL AND SOUND INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE TEACHING OUR KIDS AND RUNNING OUR SCHOOLS!

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WENT TO 555 OCEAN PARKWAY TODAY TO FIND OUT WHAT IS DOING.

AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON. I WAS IN MA NA VU, I WAS IN AGUDAH, AND I WAS IN SILVER LAKE AS WELL WITH RABBI KOLKO.

AS FOR RABBI MARGULIES, DO YOU THINK HE WOULD PUT HIS WHOLE INSTITUTION ON THE LINE - ONE THAT HE HAS INVESTED HIS WHOLE LIFE INTO - IF HE THOUGHT THERE WAS A MORSEL OF TRUTH TO THIS? YOU GOTTA BE CRAZY.

THIS CAMPAIGN IS BEING RUN BY PEOPLE WHO, FOR WHATEVER REASON, ARE OUT TO GET BACK AT RABBI KOLKO. MAYBE THEY DIDN'T LIKE HIM WHEN THEY WERE IN TORAH TEMIMAH OR ELSEWHERE. WHO KNOWS.

SANDHOUSE TRIED THIS 25 YEARS AGO. HE AND HIS CRONIES ARE BACK.BUT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IT IS A LIE.

SPEAK TO ANYONE WHO HAS WORKED WITH RABBI KOLKO OR FOR HIM. THEY'LL TELL YOU HE IS THE MOST HONEST, EHRLICHE, STRAIGHTFORWARD PERSON YOU'LL EVER MEET.

HE'S HARDWORKING, DEVOTED, AND TO MAKE UP SUCH A LIBEL IS ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL.

AND NO, I USE THE BLOGGER NAME OCEAN PARKWAY BEC. I USED TO LIVE NEAR OCEAN PARKWAY.

I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE HANHALA IN TORAH TEMIMAH, AND EVERYONE KNOWS YOU GUYS ARE NUTS.

THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO WILL STAND BY RABBI KOLKO AND ATTEST TO HIS OUTSTANDING CHARACHTER FOR A FEW IDIOTS TO TRY AND SHMEAR HIS NAME ON BLGS OR THROUGH A LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGN.

The guy runs an unbeleivable school, one f the biggest around - and R JKolko is a big part of that and has been successful at that.

You could try to rip him down - or as Matisyahu says, "Chop em down" but he is too well know as a great guy -

You guys are fighting the wrong man - both bec. he is innocent and bec. there are thousands of parents, students, friends, rabbonim, roshei yeshiva, baale batim, politicians - everyone knows Rabbi Kolko is a good man!

Moshe Rabeinu was accused of adultery (Mo'ed Katan 18b).Reb Elchonon is accused of murder (UOJ, see quote above). Rabbi Kolko is accused of molesting children (UOJ).He probably is as guilty as the first two are.

I love that black hatted brain has become and advocate of kolko'sWhen just a while back "Letter Supporter said Black Hat, are you claiming Kolko is innocent? black hatted brain said... I have no idea. I don't even know who he is."Black,why dont you just pull that hat of yours right back over your eyes with the rest of kolkos supporters

Letter Supporter,I also noticed that self righteous ass ocean is so concerned with "TEARING DOWN DEVOTED COMMUNITY ASKANIM"Yet he has no problems mentioning innocent’s names on an explosive thread!!TYPICAL!!!

QUOTE: I love that black hatted brain has become and advocate of kolko'sWhen just a while back"Letter Supporter said Black Hat, are you claiming Kolko is innocent?black hatted brain said...I have no idea. I don't even know who he is."

Selective reading on your part. I clearly wrote I don't know if he innocent,but I believe that he is innocent.I advocate nothing other than the truth.People make things up out of hatred. Check the aforementioned Gemora.

Is my understanding correct that there have been no accusations/rumors of molestation within the past 20 years. If so, why is RK your first target. Should it not be a more current "clear and present danger" ?

UOJ is eating up the attention that nobody else gives him. He's a bad bad boy saying mean things BUT nothing will ever come of his supposed letter if he keeps getting all the attention here. Don't let him enjoy the farce just ignore this wretched site and let it die like the first site. Before this fugazy scandal this site was dead. Let's keep it that way. UOJ I hope your mommy doesn't know what you're up to!

I repeat, I don't know who he is.As far as I am concerned, accusations made by UOJ, a kofer b'ikar and blatant sonei chachamim,are totally worthless. His claim that others have contacted him are also worthless.

That said, Rabbi Kolko is no different than any otherRabbi/mechanech in the Jewish community,innocent until proven guilty.

“Is my understanding correct that there have been no accusations/rumors of molestation within the past 20 years. If so, why is RK your first target. Should it not be a more current "clear and present danger" ?”

Is it your contention that Kolko should be left alone because you only know of accusations from twenty years ago?

If the accusations of twenty years ago are legitimate, do you believe that Kolko should be working around children?

QUOTE: Black Hat, are you accusing Elyashiv of molesting children? If not, why bring him up here?

Absolutely not. If you read my comment carefullyyou will see that all I said was that UOJ may be doing this out of hatred for Margolis, and that he also hates Rav Elyashiv.I associated Rav Elyashiv with Margolis only in that they are both targets of UOJ's hatred.Margolis is not accused of child molestation, and neither is Rav Elyashiv.

That said, I would not be surprised if UOJ makes up a story about Rav Elyashiv to bring him down.I quote UOJ about Rav Elyashiv: "R' Elyashiv today is doing more harm than good to the ENTIRE klal, that includes all jews from all stripes". UOJ may decide that we have to remove Elyashiv.Mass mailings will go out unless he resigns.

Speak with former campers of Camp Agudah who were there while Kolko was. Same for students of Yeshiva Karlin Stolin and former campers of MaNaVu. They, unlike the Torah Temima people, will speak with you.

After you’re satisfied that Kolko is in fact guilty, call Margulies and discuss your findings with him. Brace yourself for a very strange and disturbing conversation.

Don't know what the big deal is about UOJ seems like your average SHOCKJOCK it's pathetic. I feel bad for his victims even though this won't have any long term effects. I estimate that 80% of comments are by UOJ using different screen names. Whoever said that he suffers from a multiple personality disorder (dissociative identity disorder) and is a psychopath.

You admit to not knowing Kolko, yet you staunchly defend him. It is understandable that you don't want to believe it - who does?

You don't have much of an argument in the face of people coming forward with accusations. The very nature of a blog allows discussion of certain otherwise-closed topics, without fear of retribution. There is a need for this. Sure, a blog can be (and sometimes is) abused and people can be smeared with guerilla-style attacks. But more often than not (way more often) blogs are an effective tool used in “smoking out bad guys.”

You seem upset, but I think you are also naive when it comes to this matter. There are many Kolkos out there in the yeshiva/camp world, and there are many, many stories that will be forever untold.

I understand and I agree this is all pretty hard to swallow. But the truth will hopefully prevail and someone like UOJ, with his anonymity protected, (and for good reasons, we know who he’s up against) will be allowed to continue his mission without fear of retribution. UOJ may have a personal vendetta against Kolko and TT and he may be “extra-eager” to pursue this, but he is not making this up.

If you knew any victims of sexual abuse you might think a bit differently. Wait and see how this plays out before betting your entire hand on Kolko.

I have no "personal" vendetta against Margulies and Kolko, my vendetta is against the "system" that permits gangsters & molesters to operate yeshivas. How can we expect the next generation of children to become b'nei Torah?

When they grow up and realize that a mafioso was hiding a molester in his house of Torah, what will they do?

Did anyone have a good talk with the mainstream TT talmidim of lets say ten years ago? Do you know the hate they have for Margulies?

Does anyone know that R' Shustal tried to leave TT and was blackballed everywhere by Margulies to make sure his yeshiva did not get off the ground?

Does anyone know the theft by Margulies from the government lunch programs?

Does anyone know that he ran Bingo parlors out of the bais medrash for senior citizens and got money from the government for running a senior citizens recreation center?

Does anyone know that for the first ten years or so he used the name Tora V'daas and stole millions of dollars earmarked for Torah V'daas?

Does anyone know Margulies worked for Tora V'daas in the tuition office, stole their list of benefactors and started his own Tora V'daas against warning after warning by R' Yaakov Kaminetzky?

Does anyone know that Margulies was FORCED by bais din to change the name and give back the money he stole, but Never gave back the money???

Does anyone know that over 100 kids were molested by Kolko in TT, and were blackmailed into NOT going to the police?

Does anyone know that Nosson Sherman quit his job as principal of TT, over this issue?

DOES ANYONE CARE?????????

Do we continue to let an old sick gangster hide a molester under his roof???

You make the decisions for yourself.I will make him and his ilk suffer every day of their lives not knowing when I will strike out at them.

Gangsters & sickos BEWARE the internet is the way to get to you because the conventional ways don't work.God knows I tried.!

I didn't mean "personal" as in regarding your personal life or having a personal relationship with them. I meant that even if there are reasons (and seemingly there are) for going after them with extra gusto, that doesn't take away from the fact that this is true.